Early that morning, Yang Guotai ordered two hundred elite soldiers to wait for Su Cheng. After waiting for half a day, no one came, so he sent someone to the Su Mansion to ask. However, someone from the Su Mansion said that the eldest lady had gone to Zhuangzi in the southern suburbs in the morning.
.Yang Guotai was puzzled, and waited patiently until noon to find out that Su Cheng was back, and rushed to the Su Mansion to find out.
It turned out that Su Cheng was thinking that since she wanted to rescue the robbed women, she had to have a place to put them. Yesterday, she bought two Xie's houses on the outskirts of the city from her father at market price, and today she is taking people there.
After taking a look, he made a very long list for the people below to buy things, such as coarse cloth, furniture and the like.
Yang Guotai immediately said: "Just take your time in the future. The most important thing now is to get the people away while your father is very busy. Otherwise, if the matter is brought to him, he will definitely not be able to agree."
He glanced at her and said, "I know what you want to do."
Su Cheng's eyes lit up: "You are really a treasure!" He thought for a moment and said, "You are right. It would be difficult for my father to handle this if he knew about it."
Yang Guotai smiled and said: "I have worked in the prefect's Yamen for so many years. Although I am just a disciple, my old colleagues have given me ideas and favors. But in your government..."
Su Cheng also smiled and said, "It's common for my father to stay away from home when he's busy. Isn't there a bed for him in the wing next to the government office's study?" She thought for a moment, "Can I ask my mother to help me again, just in case?
.”
"That's right, it's foolproof."
Su Cheng turned around and ran away to go to her mother's place. Yang Guotai didn't leave either, sitting with his legs crossed in the concierge of the Su Mansion waiting. After waiting for about three quarters of an hour, Su Cheng came back. She changed into a royal robe and guard Baihu.
Wearing an official robe, he led two maids pretending to be government servants, showing a somewhat heroic spirit. Su Cheng looked at Yang Guotai with a smile and stretched out his right palm. Yang Guotai also stretched out his hand, and the two of them gave each other a high-five.
The two men were about to leave when someone behind them shouted breathlessly: "Girl, wait~~" Su Cheng looked back and saw two girls in her mother's room, both wearing goose-yellow shirts and pink brocade skirts.
, wearing a belt of white wrinkled silk, with two or three beaded flowers in her hair. The two stepped forward and saluted, "Miss, my wife asked us to go with the eldest lady."
Su Cheng looked them over a few times: "Mother wants you to go with me?"
"yes."
Su Cheng frowned and was thinking about how to send the two of them back when Yang Guotai said from the side: "Madam is very thoughtful and takes them with her."
Su Cheng was stunned: "Ah?!"
Yang Guotai said seriously: "The two girls you brought with you have to do things later, right? Then you won't have anyone to look after you? After all, you are the eldest daughter of the prefect's family, how can you do it without anyone to look after you?"
Wink.
Su Cheng moved the corner of his mouth: "Can you explain it more clearly?"
"Take them anyway." Yang Guotai waved his hand, "You will know then."
Su Cheng turned her head and looked at the two maids carefully for a long time. She couldn't see anything special, and she was puzzled. Her mother would not send them here for nothing. Since Yang Guotai refused to say anything, she could only endure her curiosity and took them with her.
go.
Yang Guotai wore a brand-new deputy general uniform and ordered two hundred elite soldiers. Su Cheng took the four special forces and four maids left behind by Jia Cong, and the group headed straight for Nail Alley.
When they arrived at the entrance of the alley, horses were neighing, attracting people from every household to come out to watch the excitement. Su Cheng made a bow on his horse with a sullen face: "Dear fellow villagers, I have been ordered by the prefect Su to come here to thoroughly investigate the robbery.
The Case of the Civilian Daughter.”
As soon as he finished speaking, a man emerged from the crowd. It was the man who had talked to Su Cheng the day she was coaxed to come here. This man said angrily: "The girl promised to let us live peacefully."
Su Cheng glanced at him: "That's right. Have I been here since then? Or has there been another official? I just ran an errand for a day, and someone came to the Yamen to sue me. I don't make trouble for others.
If people want to mess with me, stop complaining."
The man said anxiously: "The girl is obviously not an ordinary person, so how can a small lawsuit hinder the girl?"
Su Cheng said casually: "Is disturbing an imperial prisoner who has been pursuing for four years considered an obstacle?" The man was stunned. Su Cheng continued, "I really can't blame this officer for this matter. If they don't go to the government office to complain, Su t...
...Zhifu Su didn’t know about these things at all. They were honest and said whatever they wanted. Xiaoque’s eldest brother also reported to more than 40 families of criminals who raped women. Zhifu Su didn’t know about it before. Now he has
Knowing this, how can we ignore it? Such lawlessness has become a habit. If we are not severely punished, is there any royal law in the world?"
The man snorted heavily and said: "Master Xie didn't have the king's method when he was here."
Su Cheng smiled: "So he s... so he dismissed his post." The man was stunned again, thoughtful. Su Cheng waved his hand and said, "According to the directory given by Brother Xiaoque, we will check each household! The first household,
There are three brothers from Liu Ermao’s family. Where is Liu Ermao’s family?”
Su Cheng already weighed a small piece of silver in his hand, thinking that if no one said anything, he would take out the silver and shake it. Unexpectedly, someone immediately shouted: "Liu Ermao's house is over there! Over there!"
He jumped up and stretched out his arms to point into the alley. This person was obviously not Xiaoque's brother.
Su Cheng held up his hands on the horse and said, "Thank you very much." He jumped off the horse. Yang Guotai also jumped off the horse, and everyone got off the horse one after another.
Seeing that so many officials and military masters were looking at him, the man became more and more interested and beckoned: "Follow me, follow me!" and then led the way. The other families heard that they were only looking for Liu Ermao, so they also
They all came forward happily. Regardless of men or women, they looked less at the two officials, Su Cheng and Yang Guotai, and more at Mrs. Su and the two maids of the Zhang family. Only now did Su Cheng understand. These two maids were all
She was only seventeen or eighteen years old, and she was the most outstandingly beautiful girl among the maids in the Su Mansion. She was all painted with makeup and dressed in gorgeous clothes. With her two people here, not many men would stare at Su Cheng.
Following the guide, they arrived at Liu Ermao's house, and the door was closed. Yang Guotai ordered his soldiers to knock on the door. After a few pats, no one answered. Yang Guotai laughed and said, "This is because I heard the news." Then he shouted at the soldiers.
With a wink, the soldier kicked open the door. A dozen soldiers rushed in, filling the small courtyard in the blink of an eye.
Su Cheng was about to go in, but Yang Guotai stepped in front of her and swaggered in. He walked slowly, and by the time he entered, the soldiers had already pulled everyone out of the house. When Yang Guotai took a look, the old couple,
Two sons, three daughters-in-law, and four grandchildren. Then he said loudly: "Now the magistrate has received a report from the people and revealed that your three daughters-in-law were not seriously married by three matchmakers and six betrothals, but were robbed."
, right?"
The old man knelt on the ground and said with a trembling voice: "It's unjust - these daughters-in-law of mine were all married seriously."
Yang Guotai puffed up his chest and said, "Oh? Where are the natal families of the three of them? What are their surnames? Do they have a marriage certificate? Who is the matchmaker? Who will witness the marriage?" The old man hesitated for a long time and couldn't answer. Yang Guotai hummed, "Sure enough, they are all the same. They were robbed." He ordered, "Take away the three robbed women and the children they gave birth to."
The soldiers came forward to catch three daughters-in-law and four children. Two of the three were motionless and one struggled. The children immediately ran away and were caught by the soldiers. The old couple shouted, "Why are you arresting my grandson?"
Yang Guotai asked: "Is your grandson born to these three women or your son?"
The old man said blankly: "Of course he was born to his daughter-in-law, and my son can't give birth to children."
"You snatched the woman, not your daughter-in-law. Since the daughter-in-law is not from your family, and the child was born to her, the child is naturally not from your family."
The old man was anxious: "The grandson belongs to my family!"
"Your son is a man and cannot have children!"
"But it's my family's seed!"
Yang Guotai smiled and said: "It doesn't matter whose family he is from. In the future, whoever marries their mother seriously will have their surname."
The two men were still kneeling, but one of them suddenly jumped up: "I'll fight with you!" The soldier kicked him to the ground with a "boom". The old woman burst into tears.
Su Cheng led two beautiful maids to come out from behind Yang Guotai and said loudly: "What's the use of crying? If you two are deeply in love as husband and wife, just make money and marry them back. Without a marriage certificate, they are not members of your family." The two men had to look at Su Cheng, but they immediately saw the two maids behind her, and their eyes widened. The old man pinched his son hard several times. Su Cheng sneered, "Didn't you say you have a wife? Now that you have a wife, Why are you still staring at other women?"
The one who jumped up just now said: "My wife is too ugly, but these two eldest sisters are good-looking."
Su Cheng waved his hand: "Since you think they are ugly, you can marry more beautiful women when you make money in the future. You don't have to marry them."
When the three daughters-in-law heard this, two immediately stared at their men, and one looked at the faces of the father-in-law and the eldest brother-in-law. Seeing that none of the three men said a word to cherish their friendship, they burst into tears. The old woman stopped crying and shouted: "My grandson is still mine!"
Su Cheng said calmly: "The children belong to their mothers. If you want children, you must marry their mother, and you cannot marry anyone else."
The one who jumped up stared at the beautiful maid and shouted: "I don't want the child! I have a new wife and I can have more children!"
The old woman scolded: "Nonsense! Where will our family get the money to find a new wife for you!"
Su Cheng smiled: "Whether you are marrying another woman, or you are marrying these three, you must be hired by three matchmakers and six, and you are not allowed to rob her. If you rob her a second time, you will be beheaded." He waved his hand, " Let’s go.” Turn around and go out.
The old woman caught up with her and said, "My grandson!" The soldier stopped her.
Su Cheng turned around and smiled sweetly: "No, they are the grandsons of your biological mother." He walked away. The children cried louder and louder. The soldiers handed them over to their respective mothers.
After leaving the gate of the Liu family, the sensible man walked up to Su Cheng and Yang Guotai, clasped his fists and said, "I dare to ask you, my lords, the grandson is indeed the Liu family's, why was he taken away? Is there really such a provision in the law?"
"Of course." Su Chengnian explained patiently after he helped her once, "A few days ago, Mr. Su, the prefect of Jiangxi Province, solved a case of selling a sister-in-law. It was the brother-in-law who sold the widowed sister-in-law, and the widowed sister-in-law was at the seller's house.
He gave birth to a son for the seller. Because the brother-in-law had no right to sell his sister-in-law, the transaction was illegal. The widowed sister-in-law was not considered a member of the seller's family, so the son she gave birth to was given to the widowed sister-in-law, and her husband's surname was given to the widowed sister-in-law.
The eldest son of a widowed sister-in-law is very harmonious with her brothers." In that case, Su Tao wanted to give up his youngest son to his biological father's family, but Jia Cong made a few words to warn the world. He heard that it made sense, so he accepted it. Later, he met Su Tao.
When Zheng talked about this, the old man said that he was right. In troubled times, we need to pay more attention to the rules. At present, Jiangxi is almost the same as troubled times. Su Cheng paused and said, "The issue of heirs is the most important thing in the world. If you don't use this as a plan, I want to stop this trend."
It is as difficult as climbing to the sky to steal a bride."
The man was stumped: "How can we generalize?"
Su Cheng looked at him and said, "What's the difference? Isn't it because the seller wants to buy a woman just to give birth to a son? Is it because the Liu family and other families are robbing women for some other reason? Isn't it because they also want grandchildren? Now they are robbing them.
Any woman who comes and gives birth to an heir will not belong to the man. If not, it would be extremely difficult to stop this trend of bride-grabbing." The man didn't know how to answer for a moment.
While the two of them were talking, someone yelled from behind in the courtyard of the Liu family, and a man jumped out. When Yang Guotai and others took a look, they saw that they were not the two kneeling in the courtyard just now. It was obvious that he was Liu Ermao, who had just let him go
His wife and mother were hiding. The soldiers hurriedly stopped in front of several women and children, fearing that he would come up to rob them. Unexpectedly, he only glanced at the women and children, and was timid and did not dare to step forward. He gritted his teeth and stumbled. There was a woman with a smile on her face.
She looked at him expectantly with tears in her eyes. After a long while, the man cursed: "I can't get a wife, but I am jealous of others who have wives! You villain!" She ran away. Su Cheng followed him with her eyes and saw him running straight in.
Went into the yard of a house. That yard belonged to Xiaoque's house. There wasn't even a white lantern at the door, so it was obvious that no funeral was being held for Xiaoque.
Not long after, the sound of fighting was heard in Xiaoque's yard.
Su Cheng looked at the three women and said: "You have two choices. First, take the children back to your parents' home. Remember, you can never marry without three matchmakers and six betrothals, otherwise it will still be the same as this time." The three women
They were still crying, looking at each other and not daring to speak. "Second, let's move into Cixiang Manor for the time being. The prefect's wife knew that we wanted to rescue the robbed women and their children, so she specially prepared Cixiang Manor. That manor is huge and is on the outskirts of the city.
.Not to mention anything else, both women and children can have enough to eat and new clothes to wear..."
Before she finished speaking, the three women's eyes lit up. The older one asked tentatively: "Do you have enough to eat?"
"Women and children will have enough to eat every meal." Su Cheng said loudly, "It's just that after a while, you have to learn to work. Of course, you will be paid."
The man shouted: "How can such a good thing happen? There is no food in the cell. Mr. Zhang, please don't make random promises for the prefect's wife."
Su Cheng said: "Because the prefect's wife's family wants to run a factory and needs many reliable female workers. If their worries are not solved, how can they recruit so many female workers at once?" The man's eyes suddenly became sad. Su Cheng just did it without seeing it.
, "What does it mean to have a full meal? The prefect's wife will also ask the teacher for the ladies' children to let them study." She looked at the four children and said softly, "Each of you will have a full meal, and you will have a full meal every time.
, and there is Shu Nian.”
An older child bravely asked, "Are you really going to have enough to eat?"
"really."
He hesitated: "Can I still see my father?"
"If he is willing to marry your mother in the future, you can see him."
The child was a little disappointed. After a while, he said, "What's my last name?"
Su Cheng looked at his mother: "Whatever your mother's last name is, that's your last name."